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gas meter bandits

gas meter bandits is the plural of gas meter bandit.

Meaning of gas meter bandit

Noun

gas meter bandit (plural gas meter bandits)

  1. (British, slang) A small-time thief.
    • We might not have had that much to pinch, but they'd still have your brass candlesticks off the mantelpiece. There's always wrong 'uns, in every walk of life, who'll have whatever you've got from under your nose. Bloody gas-meter bandits, […]2000, Gilda O'Neill, My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London

Questions about gas meter bandits

What is gas meter bandits the plural of?
Gas meter bandits is the plural of gas meter bandit.

Words near gas meter bandits in the dictionary

  1. gas mask
  2. gas masks
  3. gas mechanics
  4. gas meter
  5. gas meter bandit
  6. gas meter bandits
  7. gas meters
  8. gas oil
  9. gas oils
  10. gas on a stick
  11. gas out

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